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Coming up we have a welterweight MMA rules bout between Domingo Chavez (ranked 325 p4p, 48 weight class) and Dougal McCraken (ranked 436 p4p, 63 weight class). The crowd seem to be enjoying McCraken's choice of entrance music: Bulgine. Dougal McCraken will no doubt be looking to use his reach advantage to good effect.
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Great wrestler
World class boxer
Insanely flexible |
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World class MT
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the welterweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
23 - 10 - 0, fighting out of Helsinki, Domingo Chavez!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
9 - 6 - 0, fighting out of Los Angeles, Dougal McCraken!
The judges for this bout are Timothy Bukovac, and Jack Bonds.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Chavez misses with a looping left.
We've been informed that McCraken has been sparring a lot of Muay Thai in the buildup to this fight so let's see if that has an impact on the result.
Chavez throws a hook but McCraken avoids it easily.
Chavez checks the leg kick nicely there.
Wow, both these guys are really going for it!
Chavez fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. McCraken looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
McCraken fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Chavez looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
McCraken throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
It looked like Chavez wanted to counter with a hook but didn't fully commit.
Donk. McCraken catches Chavez right on the button with a cross.
McCraken bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
McCraken lands a jab.
Chavez lands an overhand right.
McCraken lands a leg kick and bounces back out of range.
Chavez scores with a jab to the body.
McCraken throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Chavez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McCraken.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
McCraken moves away from the strike by Chavez.
McCraken follows through with a counter body kick but it doesn't land.
McCraken ducks under a wild hook from Chavez.
McCraken tests Chavez's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Chavez takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chavez takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Domingo Chavez seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
McCraken is the aggressor but that punch slipped nicely by Chavez.
McCraken connects with a leg kick. He turned his hip over nicely there.
McCraken throws the left hand but Chavez avoids the punch easily.
An attempted straight right counter from Chavez misses the target.
McCraken is using his reach advantage to land shots from outside his opponent's range.
Chavez misses the jab.
Chavez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
McCraken moves into range and lands a nice leg kick.
McCraken avoids the head kick by Chavez.
McCraken walks into a left hand.
McCraken throws a hook to the side of Chavez's head but Chavez sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
This fight brought to you by 5M nutrition - it's mmmmm tasty. Nice jab by Chavez.
McCraken misses with a straight left.
McCraken fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chavez manages to avoid it.
Chavez jabs at McCraken's body.
Well, he's not going to score with shots like that. A lazy body kick attempt from McCraken.
McCraken throws a jab when Chavez was well out of range.
McCraken defending well as Chavez loads up on a big left hand.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McCraken swings and misses with a hook to the body.
Chavez throws an uppercut from half a mile away. McCraken sees it coming and avoids it easily.
McCraken stumbles momentarily as he takes a strong leg kick from Chavez.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCraken uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chavez.
Nice shot by Chavez.
McCraken throws a leg kick but Chavez moved away.
Jab from Chavez.
McCraken with a jab.
We've been told by Chavez's head coaches at IMMA Gym of Elite ASS that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
McCraken looks for the body kick but Chavez saw that one coming.
Chavez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McCraken was well out of range. Poor timing from Chavez.
McCraken appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
Thud! ouch! good body kick from Chavez - that will leave a mark!
Chavez lands a leg kick. The shin dug right into the meat of the thigh.
Nice defenses there by Chavez.
McCraken lands a lovely overhand right.
Chavez checks a leg kick nicely.
Chavez is looking to counter with a shot to the body.
Chavez walks into a jab.
Chavez connects with a nice looking jab.
Ooooh, nice body kick lands from Chavez. McCraken shrugs it off though.
Chavez throws a hook but McCraken blocks it.
Chavez lands with a cross.
McCraken misses with a low kick.
Chavez throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chavez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
McCraken is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
McCraken moves out of range of the strikes.
A good leg kick by McCraken.
Chavez connects with a nice looking jab.
Chavez checks a leg kick.
Chavez tries to clinch up but McCraken circles away and keeps his distance.
McCraken appeared to try and counter that last move with a leg kick.
Chavez tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Chavez throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Chavez throws out a loose jab but McCraken uses good head movement to avoid it.
McCraken throws a leg kick but Chavez sees it coming and moves out of range.
Chavez connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed McCraken momentarily.
Chavez takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Chavez was looking to counter that last move with a shot to the body but he didn't commit.
Chavez is looking to clinch but McCraken is avoiding it.
McCraken looked like he wanted to counter with a punch but didn't throw it.
Chavez lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but McCraken circles away quickly and effectively.
Chavez stuns McCraken with a nice body shot, before stepping back out of range.
Chavez misses the shot to the body.
McCraken misses with a body shot.
Chavez is really peppering his opponent's head with punches.
Chavez pivots as if he's going to throw a leg kick but stops half way.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This has been an exciting period of action!
McCraken checks the leg kick.
Chavez misses with a straight right.
McCraken scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
McCraken avoids a lazy jab quite easily.
Chavez misses with an attempted mid kick.
McCraken misses with a body shot. Nice footwork from Chavez.
McCraken misses with a wild body shot.
McCraken throws a head kick but Chavez moves out of range.
McCraken misses with an uppercut. Chavez saw that one coming.
McCraken drops his hands momentarily and Chavez takes advantage with a crisp shot to the head.
Chavez misses the shot to the body.
McCraken moves away from the strike by Chavez.
McCraken avoids a low kick by using good footwork.
McCraken appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
McCraken lands a powerful looking uppercut that connected with his opponent's jaw.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
A jab from McCraken misses.
McCraken defending well as Chavez loads up on a big left hand.
Chavez keeping at a good range here, avoiding a leg kick.
Oooooooooooh, not good. A low kick from Chavez lands where it shouldn't have, right in the... well, you know what he did? He kicked him in the penis. He's injured, injured bad. The referee sends both fighters to their corners and McCraken has 5 minutes to recover. He's OK now though... a thumbs up from McCraken and we're back underway with a touch of gloves.
McCraken unleashes a big counter combination but Chavez bobs and weaves and avoids any damage.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close round but I would say that Domingo Chavez will probably get the nod.
That's time! Chavez's corner gives him a slap on the ass as he gets ready to fight.
Chavez with a body punch. A glancing blow.
McCraken takes a shot to the nose. Hopefully that hasn't broken it.
Chavez misses with a looping right.
Chavez finds nothing but air with that leg kick attempt.
Chavez takes a swing at McCraken's ribcage but misses.
McCraken throws an off balance right hand
and Chavez counters nicely by changing levels and landing a hook to the body.
Chavez avoids a kick to the body.
Chavez throws a hard body shot but it just misses.
McCraken lands with a right hand.
McCraken throws an off balance right hand
and Chavez counters with a nice uppercut.
Chavez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McCraken.
McCraken misses with a low kick.
McCraken throws a leg kick but Chavez checks it.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chavez is looking to score with low kicks.
Chavez lands a glancing blow to the side of McCraken's head.
Chavez has not gone for a single takedown so far in this fight, which seems like a very strange tactic when you consider that he has the superior wrestling and BJJ.
McCraken is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Chavez swings and misses with a hook to the body.
McCraken looks like he wants to counter punch here.
McCraken throws a low kick but it's checked well by Chavez.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chavez takes a jab right on the kisser.
Both these guys seem content to just stand up and trade with eachother but McCraken might want to think about changing up his gameplan a bit because over the course of the fight, Chavez has got the better of the exchanges.
McCraken misses with a looping right.
A jab lands there for McCraken.
McCraken moves out of range as Chavez strikes.
McCraken keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
A punch lands to the side of McCraken 's head but he takes it in his stride.
Chavez stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
McCraken is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
McCraken throws a low kick but Chavez avoids it.
Chavez lands a nice shot that snaps McCraken's head back.
McCraken tries to move into range but Chavez moves to the side and lands with a nice right hand.
Chavez waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract McCraken.
Domingo Chavez is winning the standup battle so far.
McCraken is looking to slow Chavez down with leg kicks.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Chavez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McCraken.
Chavez throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Chavez looks to land a right hand but McCraken moved out of range.
McCraken attempts a leg kick but it's missed by a good margin.
Chavez tries to land with a swinging hook to the body but McCraken was well out of range. Poor timing from Chavez.
And an attempted straight right on the counter from McCraken! But no joy.
The fighters circle momentarily. McCraken darts into range and connects with a nice straight punch.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Chavez tries to land a body kick
and McCraken counters with a straight right hand.
McCraken takes a swing at Chavez's ribcage but misses.
Chavez with a nice cross.
McCraken closes the distance and pushes Chavez back into the cage.
McCraken lands a hook that snaps the head of Chavez backwards.
Chavez lands a right hand.
McCraken fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Chavez tried to land a shot to the body but connects with McCraken's elbow.
Chavez blocking some punches.
Chavez lands a body punch - he's looking to wear down McCraken.
McCraken throws a head punch that misses.
McCraken is trying to break the clinch but Chavez is controlling him.
McCraken blocks a body shot from Chavez.
Chavez blocks an uppercut.
Chavez fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
McCraken lands a right hand.
McCraken pushes Chavez back against the cage and lands a hook to the side of the head.
Chavez lands a shoulder strike.
Chavez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Chavez working aggressively here.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
A short left from Chavez.
Chavez misses with a shot to the kidneys.
Chavez breaks from the clinch.
Chavez throws a lazy right hand but McCraken sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
McCraken buckles his opponent's knee momentarily with a nice leg kick.
Chavez misses the jab.
Chavez misses with a hook.
Chavez lands with a kick to the temple. McCraken shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
McCraken keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
Chavez scores with the left hand. McCraken knows he should have avoided that one.
McCraken throws a half hearted mid kick.
McCraken just misses with a punch to the body.
A big right from McCraken misses.
McCraken scoring well with a low kick there.
McCraken steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Chavez.
McCraken motions for Chavez to come forward. McCraken throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Chavez fakes high and swings low for a body shot but McCraken manages to avoid it.
Chavez throws out a powerful jab.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
McCraken uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Chavez.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Chavez misses with a wild body shot.
Chavez takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
McCraken ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
A nice inside leg kick there by McCraken. That's going to slow Chavez down.
Chavez takes a nice looking leg kick right on the meat of his thigh there.
McCraken takes a step back and watches a body kick go sailing past his mid section.
Chavez connects with a body shot that sends McCraken's belly button to the back.
A leg kick checked by McCraken.
Nice cross by Chavez.
Chavez scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. McCraken doesn't seem bothered though.
McCraken goes for a spinning back kick but it misses.
McCraken scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Chavez scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. McCraken doesn't seem bothered though.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
McCraken throws out a leg kick but Chavez moves out of range and McCraken only half commits.
McCraken throws a lazy right hand but Chavez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
McCraken throws a body punch but Chavez moves out of range.
McCraken throws a low kick but Chavez avoids it.
A counter left hand to the body from Chavez misses its target.
McCraken uses decent footwork to sidestep a right hand from Chavez.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Domingo Chavez dominated that second round.
That's the end of the interval. I'm sure that seemed a lot quicker than a minute for our two fighters! Back to the action. Ladies and gentlemen, this is the final round!
Chavez throws the left hand but McCraken avoids the punch easily.
Chavez moves out of range of the strikes.
McCraken moves his head to the side to avoid a jab but walks straight into a cross.
Chavez with a nice looking leg kick. You could hear that one land in a back row.
McCraken dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Chavez. That did some damage!
Chavez missing with a left hand there. McCraken was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Chavez uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from McCraken.
Chavez comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
Chavez is hobbling a little on that front leg after taking quite a few leg kicks so far in this fight.
A decent looking cross lands there for Chavez.
McCraken avoids a punch combination nicely.
McCraken has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Chavez lands a leg kick that knocks McCraken off balance momentarily.
We've had a slow start to the round here - hopefully the action picks up.
Chavez fails to land with a series of punches.
McCraken ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
McCraken uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Chavez.
McCraken misses with a low kick.
Chavez throwing a counter right hand but McCraken manages to avoid it.
Chavez throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
The crowd cheering loudly, showing their appreciation for the quality fight we're seeing here.
Chavez throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Chavez ducks down and throws a hook to the body but McCraken moves away.
Chavez has closed the distance and engaged McCraken in a clinch.
Chavez misses with the head strike.
McCraken goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Chavez swings away with an uppercut that misses.
McCraken blocks a body shot from Chavez.
McCraken breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Chavez misses with a body kick.
McCraken connects with a single shot there.
Chavez throws a head kick that misses.
McCraken fakes a head shot and lands one to the body.
Chavez checks the leg kick.
Chavez throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
A nice inside leg kick there by McCraken. That's going to slow Chavez down.
McCraken keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McCraken looks like he wants to counter punch here.
Chavez throws a chopping leg kick but McCraken manages to avoid taking any serious damage.
McCraken scores with a jab to the jaw of his opponent.
Chavez misses the jab.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
McCraken is looking to score with low kicks.
McCraken fakes and then throws a beautiful body shot. Chavez looks a bit winded and takes a step backwards to take a breath.
The fans in attendance giving it up for the two fighters, who have really let it all hang out in the last minute or so!
Chavez jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Chavez throws a two punch combo that lands nicely.
McCraken misses with an uppercut.
McCraken throws a front kick aimed at Chavez's knee but Chavez avoids it well.
Chavez swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
A leg kick checked by McCraken.
McCraken throws out a counter right but Chavez avoids it with no problem.
Chavez scores with a leg kick.
Chavez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McCraken scores with a nice head shot.
Chavez throws a right hand that misses
and McCraken counters with a nice low kick that buckles Chavez's knee momentarily.
McCraken uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Chavez.
Chavez tries to land a leg kick but McCraken saw it coming and moves away.
Chavez tries to check a leg kick but that clearly hurt him.
McCraken scores with a decent looking hook.
McCraken fakes a couple of low kicks, before throwing one on the third attempt. It connects and Chavez has to reset his feet before getting ready to engage.
McCraken uses good head movement to avoid the hook from Chavez.
Chavez looks to throw the jab but McCraken is out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Chavez throws a body shot but no joy.
McCraken lands with a two punch combination before moving back out of range.
Chavez ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
Chavez lands an overhand right.
McCraken throws a body punch but Chavez moves out of range.
Chavez keeping a good distance there, avoiding the body shot.
McCraken throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Chavez walks into a left hand.
Dougal McCraken has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
McCraken lands a really nice looking cross but Chavez seems unphased.
Chavez has a nice red mark on his side after a thudding body kick by McCraken.
Chavez pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
McCraken misses with an uppercut. Chavez saw that one coming.
McCraken looks to land a body kick but Chavez moved away.
Chavez cracks the inside of McCraken's front leg.
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
McCraken ducks low and lands a nice hook to the body of his opponent.
McCraken throws a lazy right hand but Chavez sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Chavez is moving around nicely and scores here with a single head shot.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The fighters circling - Chavez throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
McCraken tries a low kick but Chavez avoids it.
Chavez swung with a counter right hand that didn't connect.
McCraken fakes high and swings low for a body shot but Chavez manages to avoid it.
Chavez thinks about countering with a body kick.
Chavez cracks McCraken with a good shot that sees him stumbling back into the cage.
Chavez lands a jab to McCraken's midsection.
Chavez takes a punch to the jaw and another one to the bread basket.
McCraken slips under a jab.
McCraken slips a straight right by Chavez.
McCraken ducks under a wild hook from Chavez.
Chavez misses with a straight left.
Chavez comes forward and lands a shot to the body, then darts back out of range.
McCraken takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Chavez gets cracked with a nice right hand there by McCraken.
The crowd applaud the fighters' efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Chavez throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
McCraken throws a shot from downtown. Chavez moves away and avoids it.
McCraken tries to score with a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Chavez is looking to land body kicks.
And that's the end of the fight!
That was a close round. You could make an argument for either fighter but I would give it to Domingo Chavez.
Well Chavez has outscored his opponent in every aspect of the fight today. Only a scarily incompetent judge or two will keep him from a well deserved win... Over to the ring announcer for the scorecards.
Ladies and gentlemen, after 3 rounds of action, we go to the scorecards for a decision.
Judge Timothy Bukovac scores the fight 30:27
Judge Percy O'Donnell scores the fight 30:27
Judge Jack Bonds scores the fight 28:29
In favor of your winner, by split decision... Domingo Chavez!
A less than humble Domingo Chavez misjudged his post fight interview somewhat and came across a little too arrogant whilst trying to hype up his own abilities.
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